Germany

Artist: Helge Leiberg

* 1954 in Dresden

Until 1978 Academy of Fine Arts, Dresden

Since 1976: has worked with multimedia techniques; cooperation with a number of different artists; initial research into interaction between music and painting

1987 Co-founder of various performance groups

1990 Invention of Noise-Painting

Since 1993 Study and work visits to Italy, Mallorca, the United States, Nepal and China

2000 Live projection painting for the opera 'Master and Margarita', Expo 2000 in the German Pavilion

Numerous single and group exhibitions in Europe, Asia and the United States

Interpretation

The bear shows Germany’s fine art – painters, musicians, female dancers and poets stand out, accentuated in black on colour areas in red and gold. The Brandenburg Gate is the landmark of the German capital Berlin, but also a symbol of Germany’s re-established unity. On the back of the bear, this theme continues with a portrayal of the federal eagle.

Sponsor: Minol Messtechnik W. Lehmann GmbH & Co. KG